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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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Constancy. This makes all other duties perfect and […] the Crown on them; therefore wives must not •hinke it sufficient to h•ue done well, but they must continue to do well still; and not as many wives, who at the first have been subject and obedient to their husbands, but afterwards have grown stubborn, and •o lost the com•ort of their good beginning, by a bad ending, Ezek. 18.24. Such a one it seems Michel was: Compare 1 Sam· 19.11, &c. with 2 Sam. 6.20.
Constancy. This makes all other duties perfect and 〈…〉 the Crowne on them; therefore wiues must not •hinke it sufficient to h•ue done well, but they must continue to doe well still; and not as many wiues, who at the first haue beene subi•ct and obedient to their husbands, but aferwards haue growne stubborne, and •o lost the com•ort of their good beginning, by a badde ending, Ezek. 18.24. Such a one it seemes Mich•l was: Compare 1 Sam· 19.11, &c. with 2 Sam. 6.20.
Object. But the wife will say, If my husband were to me as Christ is to the Church, that is, a wise and religious man, then I could obey him; but otherwise I cannot.